expiation

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
2. noun The act of expiating or stripping off.

Similar words

atonement satisfaction propitiation piation attonement penance refaction absolution reparation exculpation

Often followed by

of for and is in by was or to

Word family

expiations